Actor

Olga Borodina

July 29, 1963 · Leningrad, USSR [now Saint Petersburg, Russia]

Olga Vladimirovna Borodina (born 29 July 1963, in Leningrad) is a leading mezzo-soprano, known for her roles in Russian operas at her home company, the Mariinsky Theatre, and for her international performing and recording career in a varied repertoire.

In 1992, Borodina made her debut in Samson and Delilah at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Plácido Domingo. She performs frequently at the Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Opera and many other opera houses in roles including Cinderella in La Cenerentola, Marguérite in La damnation de Faust, Eboli in Don Carlos, Principessa in Adriana Lecouvreur, Carmen in the opera of the same name, Marfa in Khovanshchina, and Amneris in Aida. Borodina is known for her "plush" voice.

Often works with

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Sergei Leiferkus
3 titles together
Boris Godunov, Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Samson et Dalila
Valery Gergiev
2 titles together
Boris Godunov, Prince Igor: Kirov Ballet
Gegam Grigorian
2 titles together
War and Peace, Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
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Mariinsky Orchestra
2 titles together
Boris Godunov, Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
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Nikolai Putilin
2 titles together
Prince Igor: Kirov Ballet, Аида
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Galina Gorchakova
2 titles together
Prince Igor: Kirov Ballet, Аида

Full filmography · 9

The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
as Amneris
2012
Adriana Lecouvreur
as Princesse de Bouillon
2010
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
as Paulina
2002
Samson et Dalila
as Dalila
1998
Prince Igor: Kirov Ballet
as Konchakovna (daugther of Khan Konchak)
1998
War and Peace
as Countess Hélene Bezukhova
1991
Boris Godunov
as Marina
1990